

Lifetime Insecurity
1994-10-29 · 107 min · ★ 7.0
In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within three months or be fired. Spiteful of their unjust treatment, two men, Shinoda and Takigawa, take up the battle against the ruthless Yokoyama.
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- Directors
- Shunichi Kajima
- Production companies
- Toei Company
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Kyôhei ShibataKoji Takigawa
Atsuo NakamuraSho Shinoda
Masahiko TsugawaTeruo Yokoyama
Hisako MandaToshiko Hara
Reiko TakashimaHaruko Imamura
Kazuya KosakaKohei Hanazawa
Kenzō KawarasakiToshio Yanagimachi
Takeyuki YueHaruhiko Minamino
Yudai Ishiyama
Takeshi Ōbayashi
Minoru Hirano
Daisuke Iijima
Gōzō Sōma
Shinzō Hotta
Eiichi Kikuchi
Miru Hitotsuyanagi
Shirō ItōSaburo Fujio
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